The feud between Donald
Trump and his most loyal supporter and Attorney General, Jeff
Sessions, has made the mainstream media go wild. Democrats and Never
Trump Republicans are loving what they are seeing unfold in the
Washington swamp, but is it really what it seems? What if the
Trump-Sessions feud is nothing more than a clever ploy orchestrated
by Trump and Sessions to achieve a particular goal?

It Doesn't Add Up

The Trump-Sessions feud
makes very little sense. Donald Trump has rarely attacked or publicly
castigated anyone who has shown him pure loyalty. From the very
beginning, Jeff Sessions has been Donald Trump's most loyal supporter
and Trump has always gone to great lengths to protect or defend those
who have shown him the most loyalty.

Trump's public
criticism of Sessions is out of the ordinary and should seem strange
to people who have been paying close attention. Trump has rarely gone
out of his way to dedicate early morning tweets, New York Times
interviews and press conferences to castigating anyone but his most
mortal enemies. Some of his slightly less loyal supporters have never
faced the same barrage of criticisms that Jeff Sessions has faced
over the past few weeks. Let us not forget that Trump just hired and fired Anthony Scaramucci—a guy who once called him a hack—to be his
director of communications, without saying one negative thing about him.

Trump has always shown
respect and loyalty to former foes who have expressed regret and
apologized. Since hiring Scaramucci, Trump has lobbed no public
criticisms at Scaramucci, despite Scaramucci being one of Trump's
harshest critics in the past. Following Sean Spicer's resignation,
Trump made no public criticisms of Spicer's performance and only
heaped praise on his former Press Secretary, despite multiple reports
of Trump being unimpressed and disappointed with Spicer's
performance. With the resignation of Reince Priebus—the reported
leaker—Trump wished him well and said nothing negative.

Trump's public
criticisms of Jeff Sessions are completely out of the ordinary based
simply on Trump's past and present behavior. It should also be
difficult to believe that Donald Trump doesn't have regular contact
with one of his closest allies and top members of cabinet. Donald
Trump and Jeff Sessions are likely in contact on a regular basis and
have regular discussions, making it more difficult to believe that
the two have not sat down and discussed their differences in how the
Department Of Justice should be conducting business. When it comes
right down to it, Donald Trump is Jeff Sessions' boss, meaning that
Donald Trump has the power to call the shots.

What should also appear
odd is that Jeff Sessions made it clear that he would recuse himself
from any Russian matters during his confirmation hearings in the
Senate. This makes it unlikely that Trump was unaware that Sessions
had every intention to recuse himself from the Russian investigation,
as he claims.

Lastly, if Sessions
were to resign, Trump would be losing his closest and most powerful
ally in Washington. This whole feud should not make any sense to the
keenest of observers, unless they are convinced that Trump is an
imbecile who would be incapable of performing such a political trick.

Baiting The Rats

Washington is less like
a swamp and more like a sewer filled with rats. Trump is a man who
values loyalty and there is no better way to test the loyalty of
Washington elites than by dangling some cheese in front of them. In
the midst of the Russia investigation in the Senate and by Robert
Mueller, there is no better way to attract rats than by making them
think Jeff Sessions is on the outs with his boss.

Who will be the first
opponent or Republican rat to approach Jeff Sessions now that many
think the two have had a falling out? The Democrats spoke of
impeaching Trump before he even won the election, so how many of them
will come crawling to Jeff Sessions trying to get him to turn on
Trump? This could be one of the most clever ploys in recent history.

Donald Trump and Jeff
Sessions have been like inseparable twins since the beginning. By
setting a mouse trap for opponents, Trump could find out who in
Washington really wants to get rid of him. In so doing, he may find
out how exactly Democrats and Republicans plan on taking him out. By
putting Jeff Sessions on the outside, as a betrayed opponent,
important people in high places may turn their sights on the Attorney
General in efforts to destroy the Trump Administration. Will Sessions
help take down Trump? What does he know? Will he spill the beans?
These are questions that could draw the rats to Jeff Sessions.

Rod Rosenstein

Rosenstein is the
second in command at the DoJ, behind Jeff Sessions. After Sessions
recused himself, Rosenstein took over the Russia investigation and
appointed Robert Mueller as the special counsel to investigate Trump.
Rosenstein is a loyal Bush family supporter and Washington insider
with a career spanning decades. Some have believed that Rosenstein
was under the influence of Sessions, even though Sessions had recused
himself from any matters regarding Russia, but this weird feud will
shed doubt on the idea that Trump controls Sessions and, therefore,
also controls Rosenstein.

By creating the
illusion that Sessions and Trump are no longer friends—or that
Trump and Sessions have maintained distance—Trump could gain
meaningful insights into the Mueller investigation if Rosenstein or
anyone involved in the investigation approaches Sessions. He could
also identify false friends and wolves in sheep's clothing.

Perhaps a
Trump-Sessions feud may also open the door to firing Robert Mueller.
By creating a feud or distance between Trump and Sessions, the
termination of Rod Rosenstein and then Robert Mueller would look more
like an independent decision made by Jeff Sessions in the case that
the Mueller investigation produces negative results. Another way to
eliminate Mueller would be to move Jeff Sessions to another
department, like Homeland Security, while bringing in another highly
respected Attorney General (under the illusion he or she would not
fire Mueller) who would eventually fire Mueller.

It has become clear,
since Mueller has hired prominent Democrat lawyers and donors to the
Democratic Party, that his investigation is a witch hunt with the
intent of producing damaging information that could sink the Trump
Administration. The intent of the Mueller investigation is clear: the
investigation will be drawn out until after the mid-term elections in
2018, with the hope that Democrats will take either the Senate or
House and make impeachment a real possibility.

Journalists, Media And Leakers

Like all Administrations before it, the Trump Administration has a leak problem and it's a big one. By creating false enemies in and around himself, Donald Trump could attract rats from all walks of life, including info miners, leakers and once-thought friendly journalists. With Sessions and Trump on the outs, slimy journalists will approach Sessions looking for things to damage Trump.

Much the same, leakers and information seekers inside the Department Of Justice could come forward in search of damning information they think Sessions might provide. This will help Trump blacklist anyone he thinks is working against him and prevent his Administration from sharing any information with such individuals.

Republicans

Republican members of
Congress have already come forward to defend Sessions from Trump.
Paul Ryan shied away from directly attacking Trump or defending
Sessions—probably a safe move on his part. However, other Senators
and Congressman have attacked Trump and shown more loyalty to Jeff
Sessions or shown no real loyalty to either men. This was exactly the
point, as Trump never fails to reiterate how there is a “loyalty
problem”.

Aside from the publicly
“Never Trump” Republicans, there is a whole swamp of two-faced,
duplicitous Republicans who need to be dealt with in Washington. This
isn't just a problem in Congress, it's a problem with GOP staffers
across Washington and the whole country. They are the backroom
dealers, the low and high level employees inside GOP offices, the
private donors and financiers, the strategists, the analysts and a
never-ending list of others. The swamp is a great deal deeper than
most people realize.

Following The Rats

When the rats grab the
cheese, they will either eat it on the spot or run away with it. When
they run, Trump will follow them back to their nests. This is only
the beginning of a long process and effort to drain the disgusting
swamp that is Washington DC.

Much of the Never Trump
movement in Washington is covertly funded and fed by money and
information. A lot of people who work to undermine the Trump
Administration and its goals have tried to hide, but they will be
found. In order to drain the swamp, they must be found. They can run,
they can hide, but Trump will find them.

The fake feud between
Trump and Sessions is likely one of many. If the rats are only now
finding out or beginning to suspect that the whole thing is a ruse,
it might be too late. Enough rats have probably taken the
bait and left a trail of stink leading back to the motherlode.